Inventing Indigenism: Francisco Laso's Image of Modern Peru - Couverture rigide

Majluf, Natalia

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ISBN 10 : 1477324089 ISBN 13 : 9781477324080

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2021

Synopsis

2023 ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation

A fascinating account of the modern reinvention of the image of the Indian in nineteenth-century literature and visual culture, seen through the work of Peruvian painter Francisco Laso.

One of the outstanding painters of the nineteenth century, Francisco Laso (1823–1869) set out to give visual form to modern Peru. His solemn and still paintings of indigenous subjects were part of a larger project, spurred by writers and intellectuals actively crafting a nation in the aftermath of independence from Spain. In this book, at once an innovative account of modern indigenism and the first major monograph on Laso, Natalia Majluf explores the rise of the image of the Indian in literature and visual culture. Reading Laso's works through a broad range of sources, Majluf traces a decisive break in a long history of representations of indigenous peoples that began with the Spanish conquest. She ties this transformation to the modern concept of culture, which redefined both the artistic field and the notion of indigeneity. As an abstraction produced through indigenist discourse, an icon of authenticity, and a densely racialized cultural construct, the Indian would emerge as a central symbol of modern Andean nationalisms.

Inventing Indigenism brings the work and influence of this extraordinary painter to the forefront as it offers a broad perspective on the dynamics of art and visual culture in nineteenth-century Latin America.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Natalia Majluf is an art historian and curator based in Lima, Peru. She is the Tinker visiting professor at the University of Chicago Fall 2021.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1477324089
• ISBN 13: 9781477324080
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible